PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Willy Do (ranked 3398 p4p, 1327 weight class) and Jesse Ristinen (ranked 454 p4p, 200 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Do
vs
Ristinen

179 cm
27
177
4 - 4 - 0

175 cm
27
170
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Solid chin

Core Combat

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Willy Do!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jesse Ristinen!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Paul Tew and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Do takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Ristinen takes one to the chin there.
Ristinen throws a poor cross that misses
and Do counters with a right hand to the body.
Ristinen fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
A counter left hand to the body from Do misses its target.
Ristinen throws a poor cross that misses
and Do counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ristinen. Do does a little dance to reset his feet.
Do looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Ristinen misses with a hook.
Do just misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Ristinen closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Ristinen lands in his opponent's guard.
Ristinen has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Secret Lab. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Do looking for a sweep. Not yet Do, not yet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ristinen controls from within his opponent's guard.
Ristinen advances position into side control!

Ristinen working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

Ristinen is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Do looks calm but he's in trouble here. Ristinen gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Do is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Ristinen lets go of the hold and Do can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Jesse Ristinen!